PODIUM. HIS SISTER, THE SENIOR SENATOR OF THE STATE, MARY. HIS FATHER, FORMER MAYOR MOVING. NUMEROUS ELECTED LEADERS,. DA LEON KENNA ZERO. THERE IS A CROWD OF ABOUT 300. I SEE THE MAYOR MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM. HIS SISTER JUST TOLD HIM SOMETHING AND HE IS ADDRESSING THE MEDIA AND HIS CROWD. VERY EARLY HERE WITH HIS WIFE, CHERYL AT HIS SIDE. I STARTED GRACE. HE'S ABOUT TO SPEAK TO THE CITY AFTER WHAT MOST WOULD SAY IS AN EASY REELECTION WIN. LET'S LISTEN. . [CROWD CHANTING FOUR MORE YEARS ] HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY. TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO JUST BEGIN WITH A SPECIAL WORD OF APPRECIATION TO MY TWO OPPONENTS MISTER KING AND MISTER BAGNERIS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. (APPLAUSE). IT WAS AN HONOR TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST THESE TWO DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN. I THANK THEM FOR THE WAY HE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES. ELECTIONS ARE BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD. IN VICTORY, AND IN DEFEAT. I HAVE FELT BOTH. ENJOY AND IN SORROW, THEY ARE AMERICA'S PEACEFUL PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE. THEY GIVE FULL VOICE TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. NOW, THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN. (APPLAUSE). RESULTS TONIGHT CONFIRMED WHAT WE HOPE WAS TRUE. FOUR YEARS AGO. THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY ALREADY ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. I LISTEN TO YOU, NEW ORLEANS, AND I HEARD YOU I HEARD YOU IN LOWER NINE I HEARD YOU AND ALGIERS I HEARD YOU IN THE EAST, I HEARD YOU AND MIKE CATHERINE AND VENETIAN ISLES I HEARD YOU IN UPTOWN, I HEARD YOU IN PENSION TOWN, CENTRAL CITY, MID CITY, ZION CITY, I EVEN HEARD YOU ON PREVIOUS STREET. AND BEYOND. I HEARD YOU IS CLEAR AS THE BELLS PEELING OFF OF THE ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL YOU ARE IS CLEAR AS THE BEAUTIFUL ROAR OF THE REVERSE BRASS BAND. AND YOU ARE IS CLEAR AS THE ANGUISHED CRY FROM THE MOTHER WHO LOST HER CHILD. TOO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN, LOST ON OUR STREETS, I LISTENED TO YOU AND I HAVE HEARD AND THE WHOLE WORLD HEARD YOU TOO. THIS IS WHAT YOU SAID. WE WON'T GO BACK. WE WILL PRESS ON. WE ALL ALL ONE VOICE, WE ARE ONE CITY. WE AS A PEOPLE, WE HAVE COME A VERY LONG WAY TOGETHER. FOUR YEARS AGO NEW ORLEANS FACED THE BIGGEST CRISIS THAT ANY CITY IN AMERICA HAS EVER FACE. FOUR YEARS AGO WE FOUND OUR CITY IN DISARRAY AND ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. FOUR YEARS AGO THE RECOVERY WAS STALLED. OUR CITY WAS HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS NOT WORKING. TOGETHER WE LOCKED ARMS AND PLEDGED TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE SIT TOGETHER WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND WE DID. WE GOT OFF, DUST OURSELVES OFF. WE TOOK THAT FIRST STEP AND THEN WE TOOK ANOTHER. WE PRESSED ON AND WE AS A PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK STRONG. TOGETHER, WE GOT THE RECOVERY BACK ON TRACK. WE CREATED 4500 JOBS, OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMPROVING, GRADUATION RATES ARE UP, DROPOUT RATES ARE DOWN, HIP OR RECREATION. WE'RE REFORMING AN MURDER IS AN HISTORIC 30-YEAR LOW. (APPLAUSE). BUT PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS, LET'S NOT BE CONFUSED. LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE. THE PATHWAY FORWARD FOR ALL OF US IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE EASY. WE SEE BIG CHALLENGES ALL AROUND US. WE'RE CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT THEY STEEP STRUGGLES BUT WE CANNOT LOSE HEART AND WE CANNOT LEAVE ANYBODY BEHIND. SCRIPTURE REMIND US THAT YOU KNOW A TREE BY ITS FRUIT. WE MUST CONSIDER WHAT FRUIT OUR LABOR AS A CITY AND A PEOPLE WILL BEAR. AS WE MARCHED TOGETHER IN COMMON PURPOSE, AND IN COMMON STRUGGLE, THE FRUIT OF OUR LABORS WILL BE A CITY THAT IS SOMETHING MORE. A NEW ORLEANS LIKE WE HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED SHE COULD BE. I AM SO PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. WHAT EXCITES ME IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT WHAT WE ARE NOW POISED TO DO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FUTURE OF THE CITY IS BRIGHT. WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYBODY BEHIND. (APPLAUSE). SO TONIGHT LET'S CELEBRATE AND GIVE THANKS THAT WE LIVE IN THE CITY THAT WE LOVE SO DEARLY. AND TOMORROW, IT'S GET BACK TO WORK. AND IT FOUR YEARS TIME LET'S CELEBRATE THIS CITIES 300 ANNIVERSARY. LIKE ALL OF YOU, MY HEART IS FULL WITH LOVE FOR NEW ORLEANS. I BELIEVE STAY UNITED AS ONE TEAM, ONE VOICE, ONE FIGHT, ONE CITY, THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT ACHIEVE. LET'S KEEP IT ROLLING. LET'S PRESS ON, NEW ORLEANS. GOD BLESS YOU! REELECTED MITCH LANDRIEU, USING HIS LINE. SO CELEBRATING WITH HIS FAMILY. HERE IS AN INTERESTING STAT, HE HAS A LONG POLITICAL CAREER. HE IS NOW BATTING 500. HE LOST IN' 94, LOST IN' 06 . HE LOST IN' 94, LOST IN' 061 AND ' 10, THEY ARE VERY HAPPY HERE PROBABLY AN EARLIER NIGHT AND THEY EXPECTED. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE FINAL NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT THE MARGINS OF VICTORY ARE. THEY ARE HAPPY HERE AT THE LANDRIEU HEADQUARTERS. WE WILL HAVE NUMEROUS INTERVIEW OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF INCLUDING ONE WITH MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU. HIS WIFE CHERYL BY HIS SIDE . 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, THE FORMER STATE REP FOR 16 YEARS THE FORMER SIX-YEAR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR AND NOW THE TWO TERM MAYOR, MITCH LANDRIEU. HE COASTED TO AN EASY VICTORY TONIGHT. I THINK IT IS A STATEMENT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE LIKED WHAT THEY SAW IN TERMS OF THE